Article for use in practising methods of dispensing service.



PatentedMar. 26, 1918.

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SERVICE COU PONS APPROVED Bv Homes oF LABOR Wfl/WWI f PROPERTY oF M ARTICLE FOR USE IN PRACTISING METHODSOF DISPENSING SERVICE.

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Specification of'Letters Patent.

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Application led ,February 1G, 1916. Serial liTo. 77,487.

To all 107mm t may concern:

Be 1t known that l, Ensign C. ANTI-r NY,

a citizen ot the United States and resident oi Los Angeles, California, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Articles for VUse iu practising ltlethods ot Dispensing Service, et which the 'following is a specification.

This invention relates to articles :tor use in practising a method of dispensing service or labor in connection with the conduct ot a business. lt is particularly designed for use in the automobile business but may be used in other lines.

In the business et selling automobiles, as Well as other machines that require more or less care and attention particularly during the iirst few months of their operation, it is found desirable by 'some dealers to render tree service to the'purchaser ot such machine for a certainy length ot time immediately succeeding the date of delivery of the machine. t is very desirable' that that service, which with an automobile consists in making adjustments, tuning` up, etc., should'be somewhat evenly distributed-over the period of timeduring` which .it is vto be rendered, or in other Words, that the machine 'should be adjusted and tuned at reasonable intervals during such period. 1t is Valso de-V sirable that approximately the same amount of free service Should be rendered or oiered to each customer so that all will receive equal treatment.

In a large business it is ditiicult to keep proper and accurate account olf the service rendered to a large number ot customers,

and it is one of the objects of the present invention to provide means for practising a method of dispensing service oi the above character whereby the service rendered Will be accurately and readily accounted for, the purchaser of the machine will be encouraged to bring his machine to the sellers place ot business to receive the service which Will keep his machine in better condition and consequently keep the purchaser-better satis-` tied, and the service to various customers will tend to be more equally dispensed.

@ther Yobjects of the invention Will appear from the following description, taken in connection with the drawings Which form a Vpart of this specification, and in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a book embodying the invention;

Fi. 2 is an edge View of the book shown Figs. 3,4 and 5 are views of separate leaves of the book.

As shown in the drawings, which are merely illustrative of the inventive idea, the invent-ion consists ot a coupon book comprising a body portion and a plurality of separable coupons, the bodyportion having a description ot a machine, such as an automobile, upon which service is to be performed and having also an identification symbol for the particular machine, and the several coupons having, 1st, a value designation such as the number of minutes or hours of Work or labor for which the coupon Will constitute payment, or'the amount in dollars and cents which the coupon represente, `2nd, an identiiication symbol which corresponds to the symbol on the body por tion of the book, and which the same on all Vthe coupons ot the book, and 3rd, a period of time designation which identifies the coupon, for instance, with a certain month of the year in which the machine is sold, these periods of time ditfering on diit'erent coupons inthe same book, so that the use of the coupons will be distributed in point of time and the coupons may not be used cumulatively.

Thus in Figs. 1 and 2, the book B may comprise the body portion or cover 10 and leaves 11 of several coupons each. The cover and leaves or coupons are bound together as by fasteners 12, and each of the coupons may be detached as by means of the perforations or scoring` 13.

Upon the body portion or cover of the book is a description of a machine upon Which service is to be rendered. In Fig. 1, a sample ot a description is given at le as follows: Can Packard 38, Body, Touring car, Year 1915, Car No. 78123. Any additional descriptive matter and advertising Words may be used, and if desired the number of hours of labor comprised Within the book'may be designated thereon, as shown at 15 in Fig, 1. rlhe body portion also has an identification symbol 16 shown in the upper right hand cover of Fig. 1, this being the book number as follows P 100 B. Any suitable symbol may be used.

One of the coupons is illustrated in 'full at the left in F ig. 8. It will be understood that all of the printed matter Within the vvavy line 17 in Fig. 3 forms a part ot each of the several coupons oi the book. Each ot thel coupons also has a value designation 1S; as shown this designation Ylhour service labor. lt may be otherwise expressed to indicate the value of the coupon to the holder. Each coupon has an identilication symbol 19 which corresponds to the identitication symbol 1G of the body portion, being shown as 'lolloivsn P 100 B. The coupons` are all alike in this respect.` Each coupon has a period of time designation 20, shown as a given month ot' a certain year. This indicates the time Within which the particular coupon may be used, and in this respect some or the coupons ditter Jfrom others. For instance, in Fig. 3, each ot the tive coupons on the leaf there illustrated has a. time designation ot' Sept 1915, indicating` that those coupons are goed in that month only, while in Fig'. il the coupons are each dated Oct 1915, the succeeding month, and in Fig'. 5 they are dated Non 1915. It will be understood that several leaves for each or' several successive months may be used in a single book, to make up the required number ot' hours ot service that it is intended shall be rendered tor a particular machine. Thus the coupons are so dated that the total oit' the individual periods ot time covered by the seve al coupons will be continuous trom one definite date to another to distribute the use ot the coupons over a definite total period ot time, and thus prevent their use in a lump, or cuuinilatively. Bythis device a purchaser of a machine not so likely to run the machine Without the technical attention that it should have, and he cannot save all or' his coupons until close to the expiration ot the time within which 'free service is rendered and use them all for a general overhaulngg' of the machine. This is ot the utmost advantage in the business ot dispensing' tree service,

In addition to the printed time designa tion above referred to,`thc several leaves or coupons may be variously colored to more readily identitv their time designation or to form an additional means ot designating the periods of time. Thus, all ofthe Sep* having the period ot' time beginning ap proximately on thatdate and the others tollowing as above explained. The purchaser brings the machine in to the sellers place ot' business or otherwise receives the desired service in the Way intended, and the coupons are torn oit by the seller in payment for the labor performed. These coupons are tiled with the other records o' the particular machine and thereby assist in keeping the seller constantly advised ot the amount of adjusting and tuning` that is required tor the machine in question.

Only one form of the invention has been shown and described but it Will be apparent that various changes may be made from the form shown Without departing' from the spirit or scope of the invention.

lilaving` thus described my invention, what l claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat- A coupon book for use in practising a method olf dispensing service, said book comprising' a body portion and a plurality ot separable coupons, said body portion having indicia chine upon which service is to be performed. said coupons having 1st, a value designation, 2d, a period of time designation, andd`v indicia serving` to identify each ot said coupons with the particular machine; the period of time designation o'l one oi said coupons ditiering` trom that ot another where by the use of the coupons is distributed in point of time and is rendered nonfcumulaV tive. Y

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